I never said there were no solutions. I very plainly said it is a pain
to have to deal with the odd filter sizes of Leica. (I believe my words
were "dammed hard and annoying to have to get either step rings or
special built filters")
I use Wratten filters for my color correction because of the many
incremental steps the filters come in, the handy way they pack up, the
ability to use them on many different lenses with the proper holder, but
since switching to Leica I have had to get stepping rings so that I can
use the technical holders (I have yet to find a Wratten holder in 60mm
size). It took me 3 months to get the 60-62mm step ring so that I could
use the technical holder on the 24mm lens. In that course of time I had
2 industrial shoots where the use of a color meter and corrections on
both my lights and on the lens were critical. To have as my widest lens
a 50mm was annoying to say the least.
Finally after trying several of the New York stores I called the Filter
Connection and after waiting for back order for 3 weeks I FINALLY have a
step ring. Of course I have not needed it since getting it, but I have
it. They also introduced me to the Hi Tech filters, much better than
Wrattens. If anyone ever needs filters the people at Filter Connection
are the guys to call.
Eric Welch wrote
>As I have pointed out, there are solutions. Someone who uses filters a lot
>in adverse conditions can utilize them. But I know they don't work for
>everyone. I'd be getting Calumet's filters, which would be one filter of
>each type, on any lens I'd use in bad light.
Harrison McClary
http://people.delphi.com/hmphoto